Bess conquers the Granite State

Well, this post is quite late in coming. It has been almost a month now since Bess and Molly jetted off to New Hampshire for a week. They went to visit Grandma and Grandpa Gray, who were in Plymouth, NH for their annual summer music festival. They have played in the festival for years and Molly and Evan have fond memories of summers in the Pemi dorm on the campus of Plymouth State University. The trip included lots of visiting with old friends as well as many firsts for Bess including her first airplane ride (she did great), her first dip in a lake (sitting on Mom's lap) and her first visit to the infamous Plymouth House Of Pizza (P-HoP to the initiated). All the while, I had to stay home and work. Needless to say I missed them both like the dickens and, in fact, started viewing this very blog on a daily basis to get my fix. I did, however, sleep in quite late on Saturday :)

The first airplane ride for Bess. Gotta practice for Hawaii in September! 

Mom and Bess take a walk through the New Hampshire woods to Dog Cove. 

Bess and Molly having a grand old time at the beach.

Despite the excitement of her first dip in a lake, Bess seemed more interested in eating her swimsuit.

Gramps gets his turn. Looks like his hairstyle is rubbing off... in more than one way ;P 

Nanny gets a really nice smile out of little Bess!